The group doesn't call itself a motorcycle club, but the fundraiser is a motorcycle ride.

It normally goes 50-60 miles and attracts 150 to 400 riders.

Registration starts at 10 a.m. and the ride starts at 11 a.m. with a scheduled return time 1 p.m.

The ride is followed by a barbecue cookout at Eagle Hall on Litchfield Street. This year's music is scheduled to be A Ton of Blues. The suggested donation is $20 a person.

The Police Department is sending its motorcycles on the ride.

"It's the satisfaction of knowing you can do something you like doing and can benefit somebody," Lastella said. "It's always a good cause and feels good to help out somebody who can't do it for themselves."

Firefighter Travis Vallee suggested this year's charitable cause.

He was a police officer for seven years before being named a firefighter 13 years ago and is friends with Algarin.

The Police Department's canine unit is responsible for its own fundraising so when Algarin mentioned Bama is nearing retirement, Vallee took the cause to F-Troop.

"I just help out everyone I can help out," Vallee said.

The soonest the Police Department expects to have a new dog on patrol is next spring, Healey said.

Once fundraising is completed the department needs to buy it and have it trained, he said.

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